Bailie Sir William Fettes twice Lord Provost between 1800-1806 / Sir William Fettes was a wine and tea merchant, and underwriter with interest in the north of England and a contractor for military stores. In 1800 he was made a director of the British Linen Bank and later became one of its principal shareholders. He was passionately interested in education and when he died left a bequest which stated it was for ... "children who parents have died without leaving sufficient funds .. [.] and who, from innocent misfortune during their own lives are unable to give suitable education to their children" / On the basis of this bequest Fettes College was founded. One of his greater achievements in the interests of the city was the development of Leith Harbour..
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
187-?]
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Fettes, William.
Scotland Edinburgh.